# caddie
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkædi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkædi/, [-ɾi]
* (Scotland) IPA: /ˈkɑdi/
* Homophones: caddy, cattie, catty (the latter two in dialects with flapping)
* Rhymes: -ædi
* Hyphenation: cad‧die

### Etymology 1

The noun is borrowed from Scots caddie (“military cadet; young man; ragamuffin; person engaged to run errands; person hired to assist a golfer”), from French cadet (“army cadet; younger sibling”), from capdet (“captain; chief”) (Gascony, archaic), from Late Latin capitettum, from Latin caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of cadel, cadet, capital, capitellum, caudillo, and Kadet.
The verb is derived from the noun.

#### Noun

caddie (plural caddies)
* (Scotland)
** (also attributively, obsolete) Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”)
** (by extension, archaic) A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
*** [1786, Robert Burns, “The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer, to the Right Honorable and Honorable, the Scotch Representatives in the House of Commons”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, volume I, Kilmarnock, Scotland: […] John Wilson, →OCLC; reprinted Kilmarnock, Scotland: […] James M‘Kie, 1867, →OCLC, page 35:But gie him't het, my hearty cocks! / E'en cowe the cadie!]
** (by extension, historical) A person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; a commissionaire, an errand boy or errand girl, a gofer; specifically, a member of an organized group of such persons working in large Scottish cities and towns in the early 18th century.
*** 1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 222:A tattered cadie, or errand porter, whom David Deans had jostled in his attempt to extricate himself from the vicinity of the scorners, exclaimed in a strong north-country tone, "Ta de'il ding out her Cameronian een—what gi'es her titles to dunch gentlemans about?"
*** 1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXIV, in Lady Trevelyan (Hannah More Macaulay), editor, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume V, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, →OCLC, page 209:There would be a prosperity such as might seem fabulous, a prosperity of which every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie, would partake.
* (by extension, golf, also attributively) A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.
** 1897 (date written), Paul T. B. Ward, quotee, “19th Hole: The Readers Take Over”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 19, number 4, Chicago, Ill.: Time Inc., published 22 July 1963, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60:As caddy I had to carry the clubs, for there are four varieties almost everyone used, and some used more. Besides doing this, the caddy has to keep score of the number of strokes used, and watch and find each ball.
** 1921 March, Octavus Roy Cohen, “Follow Through”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LXXII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], →OCLC, page 370, column 1:Then Carter Chapman picked out his putter, stepped confidently up to the ball, sighted once along the ground, and made his stroke. The ball rolled straight as a die toward the caddy who was holding the flag, and tinkled into the cup for a birdie three!

##### Alternative forms

* cady (obsolete)
* (military): cadie
* (young man): cadie
* (person engaged to run errands): caddy, cadie
* (golf): caddy

##### Derived terms

* caddieless
* caddielike
* caddiemaster
* forecaddie

##### Translations
#### Verb

caddie (third-person singular simple present caddies, present participle caddying or caddieing, simple past and past participle caddied)
* (intransitive, golf) Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun sense 2) for a golfer.
** 1897 (date written), Paul T. B. Ward, quotee, “19th Hole: The Readers Take Over”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 19, number 4, Chicago, Ill.: Time Inc., published 22 July 1963, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60:We took turns caddying, one caddying, two playing. We went out across the river to the teeing ground of the first hole.
** 1917 July, George Weston, chapter VI, in The Apple-tree Girl: The Story of Little Miss Moses, who Led Herself into the Promised Land, Philadelphia, Pa., London: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1918, →OCLC, page 100:The next day the thirty-two qualifying players were paired off into sixteen sets of opponents. Charlotte was matched against a girl from California. After the first few minutes, the result was never in doubt. "Take it easy, miss," said the highly gratified Mr. Ogilvie, who was caddying for Charlotte. "You hold her in the hollow of your hand."
** 1923 May 17, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Introducing Claude and Eustace”, in The Inimitable Jeeves, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1979, →ISBN, page 63:The scheme had been, if I remember, that after lunch I should go off and caddy for Honoria on a shopping tour down Regent Street; but when she got up and started collecting me and the rest of her things, Aunt Agatha stopped her.A transferred use.

##### Alternative forms

* caddy

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

A variant of caddy (etymology 1).

#### Noun

caddie (plural caddies)
* Alternative spelling of caddy

##### Translations
### References

* ↑ “caddie, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2022; “caddie, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* ↑ “CADDIE, CADDY, n.$^1$ and v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
* ↑ “caddie, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* ↑ Compare “caddy, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2022; “caddy$^2$, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* caddie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “caddie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “caddy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* Eddaic, addice

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English caddie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkædi/, [ˈk̟ædi]
* Rhymes: -ædi

### Noun

caddie
* caddie

#### Declension

Possessive forms of caddie (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddieni
caddieni
accusative
nom.
caddieni
caddieni
gen.
caddieni
genitive
caddieni
caddiejeni caddieini $^{rare}$
partitive
caddieani
caddiejani
inessive
caddiessani
caddieissani
elative
caddiestani
caddieistani
illative
caddieeni
caddieihini
adessive
caddiellani
caddieillani
ablative
caddieltani
caddieiltani
allative
caddielleni
caddieilleni
essive
caddienani
caddieinani
translative
caddiekseni
caddieikseni
abessive
caddiettani
caddieittani
instructive
comitative
—caddieineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddiesi
caddiesi
accusative
nom.
caddiesi
caddiesi
gen.
caddiesi
genitive
caddiesi
caddiejesi caddieisi $^{rare}$
partitive
caddieasi
caddiejasi
inessive
caddiessasi
caddieissasi
elative
caddiestasi
caddieistasi
illative
caddieesi
caddieihisi
adessive
caddiellasi
caddieillasi
ablative
caddieltasi
caddieiltasi
allative
caddiellesi
caddieillesi
essive
caddienasi
caddieinasi
translative
caddieksesi
caddieiksesi
abessive
caddiettasi
caddieittasi
instructive
comitative
—caddieinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddiemme
caddiemme
accusative
nom.
caddiemme
caddiemme
gen.
caddiemme
genitive
caddiemme
caddiejemme caddieimme $^{rare}$
partitive
caddieamme
caddiejamme
inessive
caddiessamme
caddieissamme
elative
caddiestamme
caddieistamme
illative
caddieemme
caddieihimme
adessive
caddiellamme
caddieillamme
ablative
caddieltamme
caddieiltamme
allative
caddiellemme
caddieillemme
essive
caddienamme
caddieinamme
translative
caddieksemme
caddieiksemme
abessive
caddiettamme
caddieittamme
instructive
comitative
—caddieinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddienne
caddienne
accusative
nom.
caddienne
caddienne
gen.
caddienne
genitive
caddienne
caddiejenne caddieinne $^{rare}$
partitive
caddieanne
caddiejanne
inessive
caddiessanne
caddieissanne
elative
caddiestanne
caddieistanne
illative
caddieenne
caddieihinne
adessive
caddiellanne
caddieillanne
ablative
caddieltanne
caddieiltanne
allative
caddiellenne
caddieillenne
essive
caddienanne
caddieinanne
translative
caddieksenne
caddieiksenne
abessive
caddiettanne
caddieittanne
instructive
comitative
—caddieinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddiensa
caddiensa
accusative
nom.
caddiensa
caddiensa
gen.
caddiensa
genitive
caddiensa
caddiejensa caddieinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
caddieaan caddieansa
caddiejaan caddiejansa
inessive
caddiessaan caddiessansa
caddieissaan caddieissansa
elative
caddiestaan caddiestansa
caddieistaan caddieistansa
illative
caddieensa
caddieihinsa
adessive
caddiellaan caddiellansa
caddieillaan caddieillansa
ablative
caddieltaan caddieltansa
caddieiltaan caddieiltansa
allative
caddielleen caddiellensa
caddieilleen caddieillensa
essive
caddienaan caddienansa
caddieinaan caddieinansa
translative
caddiekseen caddieksensa
caddieikseen caddieiksensa
abessive
caddiettaan caddiettansa
caddieittaan caddieittansa
instructive
comitative
—caddieineen caddieinensa :
Possessive forms of caddie (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddieni
caddieni
accusative
nom.
caddieni
caddieni
gen.
caddieni
genitive
caddieni
caddieideni caddieitteni
partitive
caddietani
caddieitani
inessive
caddiessani
caddieissani
elative
caddiestani
caddieistani
illative
caddieeni
caddieihini
adessive
caddiellani
caddieillani
ablative
caddieltani
caddieiltani
allative
caddielleni
caddieilleni
essive
caddienani
caddieinani
translative
caddiekseni
caddieikseni
abessive
caddiettani
caddieittani
instructive
comitative
—caddieineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddiesi
caddiesi
accusative
nom.
caddiesi
caddiesi
gen.
caddiesi
genitive
caddiesi
caddieidesi caddieittesi
partitive
caddietasi
caddieitasi
inessive
caddiessasi
caddieissasi
elative
caddiestasi
caddieistasi
illative
caddieesi
caddieihisi
adessive
caddiellasi
caddieillasi
ablative
caddieltasi
caddieiltasi
allative
caddiellesi
caddieillesi
essive
caddienasi
caddieinasi
translative
caddieksesi
caddieiksesi
abessive
caddiettasi
caddieittasi
instructive
comitative
—caddieinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddiemme
caddiemme
accusative
nom.
caddiemme
caddiemme
gen.
caddiemme
genitive
caddiemme
caddieidemme caddieittemme
partitive
caddietamme
caddieitamme
inessive
caddiessamme
caddieissamme
elative
caddiestamme
caddieistamme
illative
caddieemme
caddieihimme
adessive
caddiellamme
caddieillamme
ablative
caddieltamme
caddieiltamme
allative
caddiellemme
caddieillemme
essive
caddienamme
caddieinamme
translative
caddieksemme
caddieiksemme
abessive
caddiettamme
caddieittamme
instructive
comitative
—caddieinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddienne
caddienne
accusative
nom.
caddienne
caddienne
gen.
caddienne
genitive
caddienne
caddieidenne caddieittenne
partitive
caddietanne
caddieitanne
inessive
caddiessanne
caddieissanne
elative
caddiestanne
caddieistanne
illative
caddieenne
caddieihinne
adessive
caddiellanne
caddieillanne
ablative
caddieltanne
caddieiltanne
allative
caddiellenne
caddieillenne
essive
caddienanne
caddieinanne
translative
caddieksenne
caddieiksenne
abessive
caddiettanne
caddieittanne
instructive
comitative
—caddieinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
caddiensa
caddiensa
accusative
nom.
caddiensa
caddiensa
gen.
caddiensa
genitive
caddiensa
caddieidensa caddieittensa
partitive
caddietaan caddietansa
caddieitaan caddieitansa
inessive
caddiessaan caddiessansa
caddieissaan caddieissansa
elative
caddiestaan caddiestansa
caddieistaan caddieistansa
illative
caddieensa
caddieihinsa
adessive
caddiellaan caddiellansa
caddieillaan caddieillansa
ablative
caddieltaan caddieltansa
caddieiltaan caddieiltansa
allative
caddielleen caddiellensa
caddieilleen caddieillensa
essive
caddienaan caddienansa
caddieinaan caddieinansa
translative
caddiekseen caddieksensa
caddieikseen caddieiksensa
abessive
caddiettaan caddiettansa
caddieittaan caddieittansa
instructive
comitative
—caddieineen caddieinensa :

### Further reading

* “caddie”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Alternative forms

* caddy (golf)

### Etymology

From cadet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.di/

### Noun

caddie m (plural caddies)
* shopping cart (conveyance used to carry items while shopping)
    Synonym: chariot
* (golf) caddie

### Further reading

* “caddie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* décadi
* décida

## Scots
### Etymology

From French cadet.

### Noun

caddie (plural caddies)
* caddie
* a youth or boy who does odd jobs

#### Descendants

* → English: caddie, caddy, cad

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English caddie.

### Noun

caddie m or f by sense (plural caddies)
* caddie (in golf)

### Further reading

* “caddie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

From English caddie.

### Noun

caddie c
* (golf) a caddie (golfer's assistant)

#### Declension
### References

* caddie in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* caddie in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)